caa a22 4500 445866624 CHVBK 20180317145459.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1140/epjd/e2011-10510-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1140/epjd/e2011-10510-1 The influence of the substrate temperature on the preparation of DNA films for studies under vacuum conditions [Elektronische Daten] [M. Śmiałek, N. Jones, R. Balog, N. Mason, D. Field] Experiments were carried out to determine the dependence of the physical form of supercoiled DNA films on the initial temperature of the substrate. Such films are often used in irradiation experiments involving low energy particles, like electrons or photons. In order to obtain absolute values for cross sections for such experiments, the spatial distribution of the sample in the film has to be well estimated. These investigations aim to correlate the size and form of a DNA film with the initial temperature of the substrate, on which the liquid sample is deposited prior to evacuation. From our previous studies we concluded that the presence of agents preventing DNA structural water evaporation is required in order to preserve the supercoiled plasmid DNA form under vacuum conditions. Therefore, we examined the temperature dependence on films prepared from plasmid suspended in solutions containing magnesium hydroxide, Tris-Cl buffer and various concentrations of sodium hydroxide. To visualise the films we used a conventional light microscope with a CCD camera and a scanning electron microscope. The results revealed a significant influence of the temperature of the substrate on both the area of the substrate covered by the film as well as on the spatial distribution of DNA molecules. An increase in the amount of sodium hydroxide that stabilises supercoiled DNA under vacuum increases DNA aggregation. After these investigations we conclude that the best temperature of the substrate to produce uniform and thin films should be between -5 °C and -10 °C for substrates which are not atomically flat and above 0 °C for atomically flat substrates. EDP Sciences, SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2011 Śmiałek M. Atomic Physics Division, Department of Atomic Physics and Luminescence, Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gabriela Narutowicza 11/12, 80 952, Gdańsk, Poland aut Jones N. Institute for Storage Ring Facilities, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade, Building 1520, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark aut Balog R. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade, Building 1520, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark aut Mason N. Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Open University, Walton Hall, MK7 6AA, Milton Keynes, UK aut Field D. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade, Building 1520, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark aut The European Physical Journal D Springer-Verlag 62/2(2011-04-01), 197-203 1434-6060 62:2<197 2011 62 10053 https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2011-10510-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2011-10510-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Śmiałek M. Atomic Physics Division, Department of Atomic Physics and Luminescence, Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gabriela Narutowicza 11/12, 80 952, Gdańsk, Poland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jones N. Institute for Storage Ring Facilities, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade, Building 1520, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Balog R. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade, Building 1520, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mason N. Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Open University, Walton Hall, MK7 6AA, Milton Keynes, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Field D. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade, Building 1520, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The European Physical Journal D Springer-Verlag 62/2(2011-04-01), 197-203 1434-6060 62:2<197 2011 62 10053 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer